📋 Tender Overview
Network Rail has released new figures which show that a bridge in Wimbledon South West London was the second most-struck structure in the UK over the past year. Network Rails Southern region has seen an increase in bashed bridges along the region with recent data showing the top hitter being Lower Downs Road bridge in Wimbledon which was struck 18 times - nearly 50 more than the previous year.The shift in pattern also spreads across South East London through Kent where Mantle Road bridge in Brockley and St Mildreds Road bridge in Hither Green are also in the top 15 most common sites.With the Black Friday and Christmas delivery rush fast approaching and more large vehicles on Britains roads Network Rail urges lorry drivers and haulage operators to Wise Up Size Up. The ongoing campaign reminds drivers to take better care by understanding the height of their vehicles and choosing suitable routes before starting their journeys to avoid disruption of bashed bridges.As well as being costly bridge strikes can cause lots of delays and have a knock-on-effect to passenger services. While numbers are low in the Southern region on average 1.17 bridges are hit every day and Network Rail is looking for ways to reduce this further by installing cameras at some sites to aide quicker response times.
